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BOXING: Brent Rice will have to wait for his shot at the Australian super featherweight title after the postponement of his fight against Matt Casboult.

The Toowoomba pugilist has contracted the flu and has been ruled out of his scheduled title fight against Casboult this Saturday at Rumours International.

"On medical advice Brent Rice has been ruled unfit to box on the 22nd of October," promoter Brendon Smith said.

"Brent has been bed ridden with influenza A and despite his best efforts to be ready by fight night he will not be physically capable of fighting.

"Doctors orders are doctors orders and we will be adhering to them.

"Whilst it is disappointing for both Brent and Matt, both have agreed to postpone the bout to our November 25 card headlined by the Commonwealth title between Kris George and Cameron Hammond.

"That news shows how much this title means to both boys."

The Australian heavyweight title eliminator between Herman Ene-Purcell and Justin Whitehead will now be the main event on the card this Saturday night.

Jamie Hilt will also take on Apichat Koedchatturat for the Queensland welterweight title while Steven Spark faces Mark Ramirez for the Queensland super lightweight belt as the rest of the bouts go ahead as scheduled.